Sixty homeless people died in Wales during 2021, a new report has revealed. The number of rough sleepers and people without a home who died in Wales was three fewer than in the year before.
Wales was the only country in the UK which saw a decline. In England the number of deaths of homeless people increased from 630 to 719, in Scotland the total rose from 176 to 182, while the biggest increase was seen in Northern Ireland, which had 107 deaths in 2020 and 325 in 2021.
Across the UK as a whole, the number of homeless people dying went up from 976 to 1286 - an increase of 32%. The report, whose statistics are based on answers to a series Freedom of Information Act requests, has been published by the Museum of Homelessness, which runs the Dying Homeless Project annually. Get our free daily briefing on the biggest issues affecting the nation, Wales Matters, here.
